Media content player on an eyewear device

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for performing operations comprising: displaying, by one or more processors of an eyewear device, a plurality of media content control options; detecting, by a touch input interface of the eyewear device, a first touch input comprising a single finger touching the touch input interface; based on detecting the first touch input, causing a cursor to track the first touch input to navigate through the plurality of media content control options; based on detecting that the single finger has not been released from touching the touch input interface, displaying a second media content control option related to the first media content control option; and performing a selection associated with the second media content control option based on movement of the single finger along the touch input interface.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method comprising:
 concurrently displaying, by one or more processors of an eyewear device, as overlaid on a real-world environment being viewed through lenses of the eyewear device, a plurality of media content control options and a video player that presents a video, one or more of the plurality of media content control options corresponding to adjusting a play position of the video presented by the video player; 
 detecting, by a touch input interface of the eyewear device, a first touch input comprising a single finger touching the touch input interface, the first touch input being associated with a first media content control option of the plurality of media content control options; 
 based on detecting the first touch input comprising a press and hold operation, triggering display of a cursor and causing the cursor to track the first touch input to navigate through the plurality of media content control options to the first media content control option; 
 based on detecting that the single finger has not been released from touching the touch input interface, displaying, by the one or more processors, a second media content control option related to the first media content control option; 
 performing a first display operation comprising a selection associated with the second media content control option based on movement of the single finger along the touch input interface; 
 after the single finger is initially detected by the touch input interface and while the single finger continues to be detected by the touch input interface, determining that an additional finger has been added to touch the touch input interface together with the single finger such that the touch input interface is receiving touch input by two fingers; and 
 performing a second display operation different from the first display operation in response to determining that the additional finger has been added to touch the touch input interface together with the single finger after detecting the first touch input comprising the single finger. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 detecting movement of a single finger along the touch input interface; and 
 in response to the detected movement of the single finger along the touch input interface, causing the cursor to track the single finger movement to navigate through the plurality of media content control options. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 during detection of the single finger continuing to touch the touch input interface, determining that the first media content control option has been highlighted by the cursor for a threshold period of time; and 
 in response to determining that the first media content control option has been highlighted by the cursor for the threshold period of time, selecting the first media content control option. 
 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the touch input interface is integrated into a frame of the eyewear device. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first media content control option comprises a volume adjustment option, and wherein displaying the second media content control option comprises:
 displaying a slider for adjusting volume of media content being played back on the eyewear device; and 
 detecting movement of the single finger along the touch input interface to change a position of the slider to adjust the volume. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 removing the second media content control option from the display in response to detecting a release of the single finger from the touch input interface; and 
 redisplaying the plurality of media content control options in response to detecting the release of the single finger from the touch input interface. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first media content control option comprises a seek option, and wherein displaying the second media content control option comprises:
 displaying a slider for adjusting a play position of media content being played back on the eyewear device; and 
 detecting movement of the single finger along the touch input interface to change a position of the slider to adjust the play position. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first media content control option comprises a series selection option, and wherein displaying the second media content control option comprises:
 displaying a plurality of series identifiers; and 
 detecting movement of the single finger along the touch input interface to move the cursor to highlight a given series identifier of the plurality of series identifiers. 
 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 displaying a plurality of episode identifiers in response to determining that the cursor has highlighted the given series identifier for a threshold period of time; and 
 moving the cursor to highlight a given episode identifier of the plurality of episode identifiers based on detected movement of the single finger along the touch input interface. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 9 , further comprising playing back an episode of the series corresponding to the given episode identifier in response to determining that the single finger has been released from the touch input interface. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 navigating through a first series of options in response to detecting that the single finger is being dragged along the touch input interface; and 
 navigating through a second series of options while continuously detecting that the two fingers are being dragged along the touch input interface, such that different series of options are navigable based on whether the single finger is continuously dragged along the touch input interface or the two fingers are continuously dragged along the touch input interface. 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 selecting between navigation between a first series of options and a second series of options based on whether the single finger or the two fingers are dragged along the touch input interface; 
 detecting continuous contact between the single finger and a frame of the eyewear device while different levels of a displayed playback control menu are navigated including a volume control option and a series selection option; 
 determining that the single finger has been dragged to highlight the volume control option; 
 determining that the volume control option has been highlighted for a threshold period of time: 
 in response to determining that the volume control option has been highlighted for the threshold period of time, replacing display of the playback control menu with a volume slider; 
 adjusting volume using the single finger corresponding to a volume control level of the playback control menu by dragging the single finger to a desired volume along the volume slider; 
 after adjusting the volume using the single finger and the volume slider, detecting the additional finger on the frame of the eyewear device; and 
 in response to detecting the additional finger on the frame of the eyewear device, after adjusting the volume by dragging the single finger along the volume slider, re-displaying the playback control menu including the volume control option and a series selection option in place of the volume slider. 
 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 12 , wherein the playback control menu which was initially navigated using the single finger is now navigated through by dragging the two fingers along the frame of the eyewear device. 
     
     
       14. An eyewear device comprising:
 a touch input interface; 
 a storage device comprising instructions; and 
 a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising: 
 concurrently displaying, as overlaid on a real-world environment being viewed through lenses of the eyewear device, a plurality of media content control options, and a video player that presents a video, one or more of the plurality of media content control options corresponding to adjusting a play position of the video presented by the video player; 
 detecting, using the touch input interface of the eyewear device, a first touch input comprising a single finger touching the touch input interface, the first touch input being associated with a first media content control option of the plurality of media content control options; 
 based on detecting the first touch input comprising a press and hold operation, triggering display of a cursor and causing the cursor to track the first touch input to navigate through the plurality of media content control options to the first media content control option; 
 based on detecting that the single finger has not been released from touching the touch input interface, displaying a second media content control option related to the first media content control option; 
 performing a first display operation comprising a selection associated with the second media content control option based on movement of the single finger along the touch input interface; 
 after the single finger is initially detected by the touch input interface and while the single finger continues to be detected by the touch input interface, determining that an additional finger has been added to touch the touch input interface together with the single finger such that the touch input interface is receiving touch input by two fingers; and 
 performing a second display operation different from the first display operation in response to determining that the additional finger has been added to touch the touch input interface together with the single finger after detecting the first touch input comprising the single finger. 
 
     
     
       15. The eyewear device of  claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 during detection of the single finger continuing to touch the touch input interface, determining that the first media content control option has been highlighted by the cursor for a threshold period of time; and 
 in response to determining that the first media content control option has been highlighted by the cursor for the threshold period of time, selecting the first media content control option. 
 
     
     
       16. The eyewear device of  claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 removing from display the second media content control option in response to releasing the single finger from the touch input interface; and 
 redisplaying the plurality of media content control options in response to releasing the single finger from the touch input interface. 
 
     
     
       17. The eyewear device of  claim 14 , wherein the first media content control option comprises a seek option, and wherein displaying the second media content control option comprises:
 displaying a slider for adjusting a play position of media content being played back on the eyewear device; and 
 detecting movement of the single finger along the touch input interface to change a position of the slider to adjust the play position. 
 
     
     
       18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
 concurrently displaying, as overlaid on a real-world environment being viewed through lenses of an eyewear device, a plurality of media content control options, and a video player that presents a video, one or more of the plurality of media content control options corresponding to adjusting a play position of the video presented by the video player; 
 detecting, by a touch input interface of the eyewear device, a first touch input comprising a single finger touching the touch input interface, the first touch input being associated with a first media content control option of the plurality of media content control options; 
 based on detecting the first touch input comprising a press and hold operation, triggering display of a cursor and causing the cursor to track the first touch input to navigate through the plurality of media content control options to the first media content control option; 
 based on detecting that the single finger has not been released from touching the touch input interface, displaying, by the one or more processors, a second media content control option related to the first media content control option; 
 performing a first display operation comprising a selection associated with the second media content control option based on movement of the single finger along the touch input interface; 
 after the single finger is initially detected by the touch input interface and while the single finger continues to be detected by the touch input interface, determining that an additional finger has been added to touch the touch input interface together with the single finger such that the touch input interface is receiving touch input by two fingers; and 
 performing a second display operation different from the first display operation in response to determining that the additional finger has been added to touch the touch input interface together with the single finger after detecting the first touch input comprising the single finger.